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However, the regulations empower the Governor

to exempt British Airways (BA) from licensing by the

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ATLA and in 1964 he exempted BA from such licensing

in respect of all scheduled services on all routes operated by that airline covered by an Air Services Agreement entered into by HMG .

3. Permits for journeys other than scheduled journeys

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Part III of the Regulations covers permits for journeys other than scheduled journeys, and would apply to the operation of whole-plane charters on the London-Hong Kong route. The Director of Civil Aviation is empowered to grant such permits.

4. The Hong Kong

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Air Transport Licensing Authority

The HK ATLA is an independent statutory body constituted under regulation (4) of the Air Transport (Licensing of Air Services) Regulations, with members appointed by the Governor. It is empowered to issue licences for scheduled services and to attach such conditions to any licence as it may think fit, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the application.

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Responsible bodies or persons who may reasonably be considered by the Governor to have an interest, private or public, in the matter of the grant or refusal of a

ATLA may make representations or objections to it with regard to any application for a licence.

licence by the HK

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In exercising its discretion to grant, or refuse,

a licence and its discretion to attach conditions to any licence the HK- ATLA is required to have regard, generally,

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